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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

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Expedia Photos) — Expedia Group hired two longtime leaders to run new operating divisions within the Seattle-based travel giant. Bumble Photo) — Antoine Leblond , a former longtime Microsoft exec who was most recently senior vice president of software at Sonos, joined dating app company Bumble as chief technology officer.

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2014 Analyst Forum: Data Analytics and Ancestry.com

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Scott Sorensen , the Chief Technology Officer with Ancestry.com , delivered a keynote that examined issues relevant to analysts from throughout the community. ancestry CTO Scott Sorensen says [link] 's business is all about data and telling stories from that data #DataAnalytics.

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Tech Moves: Seattle startups hire new execs; board shuffles at Adaptive and Porch

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Cyemptive, founded in 2014, sells cybersecurity tools including an endpoint protection service and advanced perimeter firewalls. It acquired Adaptive Technology Group in 2019. Seattle startup CalmWave hired Seth Falcon as VP of engineering. based startup Smarsh named Vinay Mehta as its new CTO. Portland, Ore.-based

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Tech Moves: Former Rover CTO joins moving startup Dolly; Egencia’s CFO to depart; and more

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Former Rover CTO Scott Porad joined peer-to-peer moving service Dolly as chief technology officer. Prior to joining Rover in 2013, Porad was CTO for Cheezburger and held multiple director roles at Bellevue, Wash.-based Founded in 2014, Dolly is led by co-founder and CEO Mike Howell. Scott Porad.

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Tech Moves: Lighter Capital names new CEO; Amazon exec joins Uber as CTO; and more

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The company now has 25 employees and plans to hire. “One silver lining of COVID is that companies, including Lighter, have realized that geography and working together in an office every day isn’t necessary to serve our customers,” Widner said. Founded in 2014, Vettd.ai The Redmond, Wash.,

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Prophia, which extracts info from commercial real estate contracts, raises $10.2M

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Prophia , a startup building a platform that scours and extracts key terms from commercial real estate contracts, raised $10.2 Prophia’s users can upload PDF contracts that are analyzed by its software. Lexion , Advocat , and Clearbrief help legal teams sift through different types of contracts. Cameron Steele.

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Tech Moves: Former Amazon VP Brad Porter joins Scale AI as CTO; UW names new Communication Leadership director; and more

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Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. “He will manage our entire technology stack, with combined ownership of product direction and engineering, to turbocharge our ambitious technology roadmap.” Scale AI Photo). Scale AI Photo). Based in Bothell, Wash.,

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